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Metastatic gastrinoma in a pediatric patient with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

Stephanie A Massaro, Sukru H Emre

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology 2014, 36 (1): e13-5

Metastatic neuroendocrine tumors of childhood are extremely rare, and as such present diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Here, we report a case of gastrinoma with extensive hepatic metastases in a pediatric patient with Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome who underwent orthotopic liver transplant followed by cytotoxic chemotherapy, somatostatin analog therapy, and immune modulation.

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